Proverbs 16:25
There is a way that seemeth right vnto man: but the issue thereof are the wayes of death.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
In Context
24Faire wordes are as an hony combe, sweetenesse to the soule, and health to the bones.
26The person that traueileth, traueileth for himselfe: for his mouth craueth it of him.
Cross References
Proverbs 12:15The way of a foole is right in his owne eyes: but he that heareth counsell, is wise.
Proverbs 14:12There is a way that seemeth right to a man: but the issues thereof are the wayes of death.
John 7:47Then answered them the Pharises, Are yee also deceiued?
Acts 26:9I also verely thought in my selfe, that I ought to doe many contrarie things against the Name of Iesus of Nazareth.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 16:25
24 Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. The pleasant words here commended must be those which the heart of the wise teaches, and adds learning to ( v. 23 ), words of seasonable advice, instruction, and comfort, words taken from God's word, for that is it which Solomon had learned from his father to account sweeter than honey and the honey-comb, Ps. xix. 10 . These words, to those that know how to relish them, 1. Are pleasant. They are like the honey-comb, sweet to the… Read the whole commentary →